MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 19.19,-69.57 Latitude: 19.19 Longitude: -69.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 111 29.8 22.8 66 7.0 24.6 95 10 302.7 306.0 297.7 355.1 17.68 1 1000 134 29.4 22.0 65 7.4 24.0 98 11 302.5 305.7 297.2 352.5 16.88 2 950 589 25.8 19.2 67 6.6 21.2 117 15 303.4 306.1 296.1 347.7 14.92 3 900 1063 22.2 17.6 75 4.6 19.0 135 15 304.4 307.0 295.9 346.8 14.25 4 850 1559 18.5 15.4 82 3.1 16.4 139 15 305.6 308.0 295.4 344.6 13.05 5 800 2077 15.8 9.8 68 6.0 12.0 132 14 308.0 309.8 293.6 337.0 9.55 6 750 2624 13.9 -0.5 37 14.4 6.2 134 17 311.6 312.5 290.9 327.0 4.91 7 700 3201 9.7 -3.7 39 13.4 3.0 132 17 313.3 314.1 290.7 326.5 4.16 8 650 3811 5.3 -6.7 42 12.0 -0.3 117 15 315.0 315.6 290.7 326.4 3.56 9 600 4459 0.9 -5.8 61 6.6 -2.3 95 13 317.1 317.9 291.9 330.5 4.14 10 550 5153 -3.4 -7.3 74 4.0 -5.2 76 14 320.1 320.8 292.6 333.2 4.01 11 500 5902 -7.3 -13.0 63 5.8 -9.5 69 13 324.2 324.7 292.7 333.6 2.80 12 450 6717 -11.0 -16.6 63 5.6 -13.0 77 11 329.4 329.9 293.7 337.5 2.32 13 400 7613 -16.3 -25.8 44 9.4 -18.8 54 14 333.8 334.0 293.8 338.0 1.17 14 350 8604 -23.4 -34.8 34 11.4 -25.5 45 11 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.4 0.57 15 300 9712 -32.1 -42.1 37 10.0 -33.3 59 10 340.1 340.2 294.7 341.4 0.32 16 250 10970 -42.6 -48.3 53 5.8 -42.9 46 7 342.8 342.8 295.2 343.6 0.19 17 200 12441 -53.2 -58.7 51 5.5 -53.4 42 9 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.07 18 150 14234 -66.5 -69.5 66 3.0 -66.5 69 9 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.02 19 100 16642 -74.7 -88.3 10 13.6 -74.7 85 10 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.09 m Freezing level: 589.87 mb = 4599.93 m = 15091.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.57 mb = 3753.09 m = 12313.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.24 % Est. max temperature: 32.58 C = 90.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.97 mb = 1005.42 m = 3298.60 ft T: 22.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 28.72 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.86 mb = 1753.22 m = 5751.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.54 C = 92.37 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.80 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 27.77 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 990.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.12 mb = 1375.80 m = 4513.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.12 mb = 3045.24 m = 9990.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.12 mb = 12659.03 m = 41531.74 ft B at Equ Level: 981.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.12 mb = 15909.65 m = 52196.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 113.6 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 143.6 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.6 neg: -2.9 tot: 18.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 1415.14 Bulk Shear: 0.70 m/s